Founder, CEO and
President 
JJ founded Impossible Futures because he truly believes that anything is possible - that everyone's Impossible Future can be real. Through real commitment to your dreams and goals - and the right "coach" to be a stand for who you want to be, and pull you through your struggles (being an accountability partner) - NOTHING is impossible.
After dreaming about flying jets for his entire childhood, JJ soared the skies and lived his dream life for 20 years - flying a US Navy FA-18 from the flight decks of aircraft carriers.
Now his new dream, helping others reach their Impossible Futures through Business / Organizational Coaching and Leadership Development, is a reality. He is certified Business Coach and practices a holistic style of coaching that focuses on the entire organization, bringing about transformation by leveraging the most valuable asset that every company has - its people.
JJ is a visionary leader who consistently delivers successful results in every endeavor. His keen ability to listen and get to the root of a problem combined with his extensive organizational and project management experience make him an excellent coach, adviser, consultant, and mentor. His empowering leadership style has led to the development of cohesive, award winning, mission success oriented teams with high levels of trust and strong communications skills. These teams have excelled in the most challenging and dynamic environments - military organizations under combat situations and boardrooms under the pressure of the "bottomline."
Most recently, JJ was the Chief Knowledge Officer for US Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM). He was knee-deep in one of the most aggressive organizational / cultural change efforts in the military. JJ led the effort to break 40+ years of tradition - converting a lethargic, very "napoleonic, vertically structured" organization into a dynamic, 21st Century leader of information sharing - a leader in Knowledge Management and Organizational Learning.
Exec Vice-President and Chief of Operations /
Marketing
Before
joining Impossible Futures,LLC, I was the Chief, Knowledge Management
Division at the United States Strategic Command, Omaha NE. I have held
numerous leadership and managerial positions both inside and outside the
Federal Government after retiring from the United States Air Force with
over 25 years active service. My passion is coaching, teaching,
innovating, and speaking on leadership, as well as helping others reach
goals which they never thought possible. I am an active listener with keen
observation skills, well versed in finding synergy and creativeness in
organizational constructs. I often say that I have two eyes, two
ears, and one mouth so I can listen and watch twice as much as I
speak!
I was part of an executive team that developed a vision, focused our workforce towards a singular objective, trained a group of 4000 proud Airmen, of which 2000 we took into battle. Our success was unparalleled and our commitment to excellence, teamwork, and a singular goal unmatched. I know, without question, I can and will help you and your business to have the same commitment to reach your goals, your impossible future!
It
is a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in
others is the true test.
Lou Holtz
Finally, my mission statement can be summed up
like the chorus of a song: "Live like you don't need the money, love
like you've never been hurt, dance like nobody's watching" and my most
uncompromising commitment is to the Lord Jesus Christ.
"I
can't believe that God put us on this earth to be ordinary."
Lou Holtz
Thomas E. Zelibor , Rear Admiral, USN (Ret.)
Strategic Advisor and Board Member
Thomas E. (Tom) Zelibor is currently at the Naval War College in Newport, RI as Dean of the College of Naval Leadership. In this position, he is responsible for developing the leadership education continuum as a part of Professional Military Education (PME) for Navy officer and enlisted personnel and also includes education on ethics, and character development.
Tom is widely recognized as a change agent who has taken disbursed, stovepiped organizations and transformed them into highly efficient, knowledge centric organizations, significantly increasing the speed and efficiency of operations. His affiliations include: AFCEA member and Professional Development Center instructor for Network Centric Warfare; Kellogg School of Management, Executive Leader in Residence Program; Zell Center for Risk Research, Kellogg School of Management, visiting scholar.
Prior to his current position, Tom was the site manager and Vice President for Strategic Operations - Strategies, Simulations, and Training Business Unit at Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) in Omaha, NE. He was responsible for interfacing across SAIC to ensure that operational strategies and capabilities were known and included into business development efforts for SAIC.
Tom is a retired Navy Rear Admiral with 30 years of significant leadership experience in Naval Operations, Information Operations, Space Operations, C4ISR, IT, and Nuclear Operations. In his varied Navy career, Tom, a seasoned combat veteran, commanded a fighter squadron, carrier air wing, Naval Space Command and a carrier battle group. The highlight of his command tours was his assignment as Commander, Task Force Fifty for Operation Enduring Freedom where he led a three Carrier Task Force in combat operations in Afghanistan after 9-11. Additionally, he pioneered transformational efforts in his Battle Group to create the environment and tools for network centric warfare capabilities and a knowledge management culture. He has extensive experience in Information Operations where he served as the Joint Staff J-39. In this capacity he was at the leading edge of IO definition, policy, and operations for DoD.
While serving as Commander, Naval Space Command, he was responsible for the management of Naval space operations and duties as the Naval Component Commander to the Commander, US Space Command in Colorado Springs, Colorado. His extensive C4ISR expertise culminated in his assignment as the Navys N-61 and N6F where he led the definition of warfighting requirements for all Navy C4ISR programs and budgets. At the same time, he became the Department of the Navy, Deputy Chief Information Officer (CIO), Navy, responsible for implementation of IT policy and procedures.